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5 Cornell Law Forum (Student ed.) 1 (1952-1953)

handle is hein.journals/corlawfose5 and id is 1 raw text is: e rnel Law Forum The Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York, October 17, 1952 Number 1 Enrollment Reflects Heavy Demands Of Armed Services Total Registration Reveals 17% Drop A compilation of significant statis- tics cm regiktration brings to the fore the problem that the Cornell Law School Ii facing today, namely that of ieepint individual classes intact and total registration up to average. The problem arises from military neede Favors granted by the Armed Services it the past are being de- wanded in return. The 16 veterans in this year's incoming class are matched by 14 dep rtures for military reasons from the entering class of last year, leaving the inordinately low total of 75 in the atter group. Moreover, 21 of the freshmen are members of the RO'T(', moat of whom will be leaving next summer. Whether the loss will be made up is speculation. The num- ber of first year students has In- creaed from 103 in 1951 to 120 in 1952. But the total registration has dropped from 390 in 1951 to 325 in 1962. The number in the third year class remains relatively unaffected at 180. VQltaro Pereinftage Drop The makeup of the class of 1955 shows that the problem is not tem- porary. Veterans make up 13% of the tofml as compared with 30%, 521/, and 51% of the preceding clamas; 7W,% are married as com- pared with 10%, 12% and 35%% of the preceding figures: and the trend towards a more youthful class re- mains steady. In 1949 62% were of the ages btween 21 and 24. This year 89% are in that category with 73% 23 or younger. It is apparent that los~es to the armed services will be a coaietant drain on the Law School. However, some of the students forced to depart will eventually return to complete their legal training. This year five men. called to active duty froi the reserves two years ago. have returned. Harold ' iroghan, John Donahue, and Howard Thomas begin their third year and William Dough- etty and Fred Edmunds their second. Donkeac Dougherty. and Thomas are Koren oe-rans. Conioll Studonts Predominate As in the past. Cornell students make up the largest group of en- trante There are 52 in all, 43 of whom are double registrants combining arts, engineering and hotel administration' with iaw. Schools with more than two representatives are Colgate, HO- bart St Lawrence and Syracuse. (Cautiteurd on pog 4. col. 2) Twelve Accept Invitations For Ouarterly Competition; Summer Issue Is Available Philip L. Evans '53, Editor-in-Chief of the Cornell Law Quarterly, has an- nounced the names of those who have accepted the faculty's Invitation to compete for the Board of Editors of the Quarterly. Selected on the basis of their outstanding academic rec- ords these students will participate in the production of Volume 38 of the Quarterly, writing notes and as- sisting in the publication prepara- tions. To be elected to the Board each competitor must write three notes which receive the approval of the Note Editor of the Quarterly and of their faculty advisor for each note. From the class of '53 three students have accepted the invitation. They are Gordon B. Baldwin, Rochester, N.Y., Frederick B. Davis, Astoria, N.Y.. and Theodore E. Munson, Wa- terloo, N.Y. Two others Barbara L. Goldstein, Merrick, N.Y. and Kenneth A. MacVean, Avon, N.Y. declined the bids. There were nine acceptances from the class of '54. They are Edna Baroody, Dunkirk, N.Y., Theodore M. Garver, Buffalo. N.Y., Carl Kaminsky, New York City, Seymour Marcus, Trenton, N.J., Robert A. Meer, Plainville, Mass.. John 11. Montfort, Buffalo, N.Y., James E. Mulvaney, (Continued on page 4, col. 4) Brown Discusses Congress- State Department Relations Aspects of the Liaison Work Be- tween the State Department and Con- gress was the topic discussed by Ben H. Brown, Jr.. in the Men's Lounge. Wednesday, October 8. Mr. Brown, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations. had earlier in the day addressed members of the International Policies problem course In connection with Its study of various phases of the formation of United States foreign policy. Before shifting into Congressional Relations work, he was associated with the Of- fice of the Legal Advisor. Mr. Brown is the first of several government officials of policy making rank who will participate in the Inter- national Policies course from time to time as their particular phases of policy making are studied during the semester. It is expected that each of these guest lecturers while at the law school will speak informally before the entire student body on a topic in the same or an allied field as part of the speaker's program of the Student Law Association. Barrister Heads, Simpkins, Rossum, Santoro, Lay Plans For New Issue Thew Barrister, Cornell Law Sclol's yearbook is beginning its fourth y ar of publication. It was first published in 1950 and has now the accumlated experience and able staff needeo to create a first class edition which could be the best yet. Last year a fine piece cf work was turned in by Editor Robert Raulerson and Business Managcr Acee Taylor, and the new staff this year, headed by co-editors Gilbert Simpkins '53 and Alfred Ros- sum '63, and Business Manager Nicho- las Santoro '53, are already laying the ground work to do an even better job, Tb. important thing in accom- plishing this feat will be to add more metaber to the staff. There are, ac- cording to the co-editors, openings in every phase of the work, which will afford a valuable opportunity to those interested in working on publications and extra-curricular activities in the Law School. This year the Barrister is more financially sound than it was during these first experimental years, and its improvinF quality is being recognized by more than just the Cornell circle. Other law schools who have seen the need for such a book have written the Barrister staff with inquiries as to how to start similar publications of their own. The co-editors hope that additional student support of the yearbook can be procured to continue the good pre- cedent that has been set. For those in- terested in seeing the quality of pre- vious editions, they are now available for perusal in both the men's and women's lounges. Grants By James Foundation Enlarges Int. Law Program; Two Fellowships Announced Two foreign lawyers have entered the Law School this year in a further expansion in the comparative law di- vision of the International Law pro- gram. Mariyn de Beaumont, from England, and Richard Rank, orig- inally from Estonia, have been select- ed as James Fellows for 1952-53, Dean Stevens has announced. Martyn de Beaumont. 24, was born in Ireland but spent a considerable portion of his childhood In France. Entering Oxford at the age of fifteen he received his B.A. in Jurispru- dence at eighteen and later received an M.A. in Jurisprudence from the same university. He also received de- grees in Switzerland and France. He became a Barrister in England by at- taining membership in Middle Temple Inn, but procuring a Fulbright Schol- arship he elected to continue his stu- dies in the United States. The Uni- versity of Texas conferred an LLM last term and from there he comes to (lornell. Richard Rank wa, born in Estonia 38 years ago and has studied there, in Finland, England and Germany specializing in Internatonal and Com- parative Law. He received a Doctor of Laws from Heidelberg. He was Senior Assistant In International Law at the University of ''artu in Estonia but left when the Russians seized the nation. Since 1944 he has been in Sweden at the Royal University of Uppsala, lh'st as an assistant at the Institute for International Law and later as an assistant at the Institute of (onparatlive Law All a''eomnpllhd ngeit, e speaks English, Estonian, Swedish, Finnish and German. These fellowships have been made possible by a substantial grant from the James Foundation of New York, Inc., established under the will of the late Arthur Curtiss James. They per- nmit an expansion in the Cornell Law School's work in Comparative Law which is an extension of the Interna- tional Program which has been in ef- fect since 1948 when the School pion- eered in this field by offering a law (Continued on page 4, col. 4) Law Students F/aty Summer Activities Students have once again returned to Myron Taylor Hall with a wide variety of experiences acquired dur- ing the summer. A number of stu- dents continued their education by working for various legal firms. Arnold Burns '53 helped Professor Schlesinger during June and then went to New York City for some gen- eral legal work as well as some very interesting work on the taxation of a large estate. Bob Taisey '53, who was also in New York City worked on a bond issue for A.T.&T. processing fiduciary subscriptions and working in the bond and stock transfer depart- ments. Beatrice Silverstein '53 did le- gal research for the firm of MacFar- lane, Harris, Dankoff, Martin and Smith in her hometown of Rochester. Gil Katz '53 had an opportunity to wit- ness a number of trials during the time he spent in the office of the Dis- trict Attorney In Brooklyn. In Ithaca, Nick Cholakis '54, assisted Professor Thompson. Merwin Carnwright '53 worked on the Opinion of the Comp- troller of New York State, making his headquarters in Auburn, N.Y. Others who found summer employ- ment in various law offices include Fred Davis '53, John Lambert '53, John Ludington '53, John MacDonald '54, Jim McNamara '58, Jim Mulvaney '54, Frank Peabody '53, Norm Penney 53, Sandy Tanenhaus '53 and Lud Truscott '53. (Continued on page 2, col. 3) Robinson Retires; Fricke and Cardozo Join Law Faculty. I __ _as __ II E.... .---|-J Third Year Students Start First Round of Moot Court; Argue Constitutional Issues The Moot Court Board, comprised of Don Hathaway, Chancellor; Ken Mac- Vean, Vice-Chancellor, and Frank Chupp, Clerk, has announced the be- ginning of this year's program with the assignment of third year cases. As in the past, participation is re- quid for the first year students, but is voluntary for the second and third year students. Upperclassmen will hear the arguments of the freshmen while members of the faculty will pre- side over the second and third year appeals. Students who complete the requirements of three years' moot court participation, including submis- sion of cases and judging in the sec- ond year, are awarded a certificate by the Moot Court Board. Case assignments to the first-year and 2nd-year students have been sche- duled Monday, October 27th and Mon- day, October 13th respectively. The case to be argued by the third Year students and given to all law schools in the National Moot Court Competition Involves an alien plain- tiff suing a state to recover land that he had purchased in this state in which alien land laws govern. These laws provide that lands purchased by (Continued on Page 4, col. 2) Thomas More Guild Hears Speech By Judqe Hagerty The St. Thomas More Guild, the Catholic club of the law school, open- ed its activities for the year with a communion breakfast on Sunday, Oct. 5. Mass was celebrated for the mem- bers in the Newman Oratory and a breakfast followed in the Statler Inn, at which Judge Leo Hagerty spoke. Judge Hagerty, a member of tile bench of the Supreme Court of New York, told of his various experiences. not only as a public prosecutor after his admission to the bar. but also as a newspaper reporter before he be- came a lawyer. He is at present hold- Ing an extraordinary term of Supreme 'ourt ill connection with the investi- gation of gambling in Saratoga 'oun- ty. and gave the members of the Guild various impressions of that job. Paul Beltz '53, Chancellor of the Guild, was chairman of the function. and outlined to members the various activities planned for the coming year. He announced that panel discussions would be held on Domestic Relations and Labor Relations during the year, and that Fr. Robert I. Gannon of Fordham University, and Fr. Fidelis O'Rourke of St. Bonaventure Univer- sity, would speak before the group. AppoinIees nave vanu Legal Academic Backgrouds With the opening of the fall term, several changes in the teaching staff of the law school are to be noted. Michael H. Cardozo and Richard I. Pricke have been appointed to the faculty, while Gustavus H. Robinson is retiring. Professor Cardozo comes to Cornel from fourteen years in Government service, his latest position being that of Assistant Legal Advisor for Eco- nomic Affairs in the State Deparbnent. Originally from New York City, Car- dozo was graduated from Dartmouth in 1932 and in 1935 from the Yale Law School, where he was a member of the editorial board of the Yale Law Jour- nal. He in married and has three chil- dren and at present is making his home in Ithaca. Before his entry into Government service, Cardoso had sev- eral years experience in the practice of the law in New York. Professor Cardozo reports his re- lationship with Benjamin Cardoso of the New York Court of Appeals and later of the Supreme Court of the United States, to be that of cousin, rather than nephew as was formerly reported by the Forum. He will teach courses in International Law and Con- flict of Laws at the'law school, as well as a new course in International Pol- icies. Fricke, Former Quarterly Editor Professor Fricke left the firm of Kenefick, Bass, Letchworth, Baldy and Phillips in Buffalo to take up his teaching position at the law school. A graduate of both Cornell under- graduate and Cornell Law School, I'ricke held the positions of Manag- ing Editor and Editor-In-Chief of the tornell Law Quarterly. He is also a mnember of Phi Delta Phi legal frater- nity. New Law School Secretary During the war, Fricke was a first lieutenant in the United States Army. a bomber pilot during his last year of service. He claims the dubious dis- tinction of involuntary membership il the Caterpillar Club, garnered by a process of being forced to jump to safety from a mid-air collision. Professor Fricke. formerly making his home ill Williamsville, New York. is married and has two children, lie has replaced Professor W. David Cur- tiss as Secretary of the LA w School. and will teach the courses in S le8 and Real Property Ill. (Continued on page 2, col. 3) Social Activities and Many Speakers Dominate Law Association Plans The present Law Student Associa- tion administration under the guid- ance of John Killian, which has al- ready set an impressive record, has formulated the following program of social events for the benefit of law students: The Law Association sponsored a beer party Thursday October 16 at the Theta Delt house to the incoming class. This will be followed by future get-togethers along this vein. The open house at the Alpha Epsi- lon Phi sorority Friday evening, Octo- ber 10, was the first of a series of sorority invites contemplated. The weekly coffee hour and get ac- quainted period which in the past has met with wide approval will be con- tinued. The biggest event of the Fall term will be the Christmas Dance, which will take place in the middle of De- cember. At this time the new officers will be inaugurated at the Law Stu- dent Association Banquet. which will precede the cocktail party and the dance. The athletic program has been re- vived, initially by a touch-football league, to be followed by several squash tournaments. The Law Association will again this year sponsor a lecture program, bring- ing to Cornell Law School men who have distinguished themselves in their respective fields. Two lectures are planned in the near. future, one con- cerning a legal topic, and the other around election time, dealing with a political issue. Volume 5

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